Musidin Tablet - Uses, Side Effects, Precautions and FAQs
Uses
The dosage is determined by your health, how you respond to treatment, and any additional medications you might be taking. Tell your doctor and chemist about all the goods you use, including any prescription, over-the-counter, or herbal medications. Your physician might advise you to begin taking this medicine at a low dose and gradually increase it to lessen your risk of experiencing side effects. Observe your doctor's recommendations exactly. Limit your dosage to 36 milligrammes per day and don't take more than three dosages in a day.
Whether you take this prescription as a tablet or a capsule, with food or on an empty stomach, or if you sprinkle the contents of the capsule on your food, all of these factors will affect how well your body absorbs this drug.
Side Effects
If you experience hives, breathing difficulties, swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or neck, you should seek emergency medical attention.
If any of the following apply to you:
weak or shallow breathing, confusion, hallucinations, or pain or burning when you urinate. You may also experience weak or shallow breathing.
Typical adverse reactions to tizanidine include:
drowsiness, dizziness, weakness, feeling anxious, blurred vision, flu-like symptoms, dry mouth, difficulty speaking, abnormal liver function tests, runny nose, sore throat, urine issues, painful urination, vomiting, constipation, or jerky movements of the limbs.
Precautions
In the single dose, placebo-controlled study involving 142 patients with spasticity due to multiple sclerosis (Study 1), the patients were specifically asked if they had experienced any of the four most common adverse reactions: dry mouth, somnolence (drowsiness), asthenia (weakness, fatigue and/or tiredness) and dizziness. In addition, hypotension and bradycardia were observed. The occurrence of these reactions is summarized in Table 2. Other events were, in general, reported at a rate of 2% or less.
Table 2: Single Dose, Placebo-Controlled Study—Common Adverse Reactions Reported
| Event | Placebo N = 48 % | Musidin Tablet, 8mg, N = 45 % | Musidin Tablet, 16 mg, N = 49 % |
| Somnolence | 31 | 78 | 92 |
| Dry mouth | 35 | 76 | 88 |
| Asthenia* | 40 | 67 | 78 |
| Dizziness | 4 | 22 | 45 |
| Hypotension | 0 | 16 | 33 |
| Bradycardia | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| *(weakness, fatigue, and/or tiredness) |
Post-Marketing Experience
The following adverse reactions have been identified during post approval use of Musidin. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.
Certain events, such as somnolence, dry mouth, hypotension, decreased blood pressure, bradycardia, dizziness, weakness or asthenia, muscle spasms, hallucinations, fatigue, liver function test abnormality and hepatotoxicity, have been observed in post marketing and clinical trials and are discussed in previous sections of this document.
FAQs
What occurs if I don't taket a dose?
The missed dose should be taken as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next scheduled dose, skip the missed dose. To make up for a missed dose, do not take more medication.
If I take too much, what happens?
Get immediate medical help or dial 1-800-222-1222 for poison help.
Weakness, tiredness, disorientation, a sluggish heartbeat, shallow breathing, feeling dizzy, or fainting are just a few of the symptoms of an overdose.
what not to do?
When you need muscular tone for safe balance and movement during specific activities, avoid using tizanidine. Your lower muscle tone could be hazardous in some circumstances.
When taking this medication with alcohol, adverse consequences may occur.
Avoid risky activities like driving.
